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... Stefânia de Sousa Faria

PhD Student

Stefânia Faria

Academic position: PhD Student
Joining date: 01-06-2019
Roles in IT: PhD Student
Thematic Line: Wireless Technologies
Group: Antennas and Propagation – Lx

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Scientific Achievements

  • A Generic Fire Electromagnetic Simulator (GFES), Instituto Superior Técnico, PhD Student, Stefânia de Sousa Faria, Supervisor: C. A. Fernandes, Co-supervisor: N. Leonor, set-2021 - ago-2025
1Books Chapters
  • T.O. Oliveira, M. Vala, S. Faria, J. R. Reis, N. Leonor, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, A Study on Small Sensor Node Antenna Performance Camouflaged Under Grassland Fire, Chapter in, Internet of Things. Technology and Applications. IFIPIoT 2021., Camarinha-Matos L.M., Heijenk G., Katkoori S., Strous L., Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland, 2022
5Papers in Journals
  • M. Vala, S. Faria, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Effects of Fire Plumes from Pine Needles on Small-scale Fading in Radiowave Propagation, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 71, No. 4, pp. 3473 - 3484, April, 2023,
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  • S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Measurement Trials and Modeling of Radio Propagation Through Small-scale Fire using Pinus Pinaster Fuel Bed, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 581 - 585, March, 2023,
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  • N. Leonor, S. Faria, G. Ramos, P. Castellanos, C. Ron, L. Mello, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Site-specific Radio Propagation Model for Macrocell Coverage at Sub-6 GHz Frequencies, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 70, No. 10, pp. 9706 - 9715, October, 2022,
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  • N. Leonor, S. Faria, M. Vala, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, A Combined ITM and LITU-R Model for Enhanced Radio Coverage Predictions of Mission Critical Communications in Mountainous Vegetated Terrains, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 21, No. 9, pp. 1777 - 1781, September, 2022,
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  • M. Vala, S. Faria, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Complex permittivity study of a Pinus Pinaster needle bed on fire, URSI Radio Science Bulletin, Vol. 2021, No. 378, pp. 14 - 21, September, 2021 | BibTex
15Papers in Conferences
  • S. Faria, M. Vala, J. M. Felício, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, Influence of Fire Whirls on Radiowave Propagation, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Stockholm, Sweden, March, 2025 | BibTex
  • G. Ramos, C. Ron, N. Leonor, S. Faria, P. Castellanos, L. Mello, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Mobile Channel Multipath Measurements and Statistical Characterization in Sub-6 GHz Bands, IEEE SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), Castelldelfs, Spain, Vol., pp. -, November, 2023,
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  • Y. Nuñez, LL Lovisolo, L. Mello, G. Ramos, N. Leonor, S. Faria, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Path Loss Prediction for Vehicular-to-Infrastructure Communication using Machine Learning Techniques, IEEE IEEE Virtual Conference on Communications IEEE VCC, Conference online, Vol., pp. -, November, 2023,
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  • S. Faria, M. Vala, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Modelling of Radiowave Propagation Through Small-scale Forest Fire, URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting AT-AP-RASC, Gran Canaria, Spain, May, 2022,
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  • S. Faria, M. Vala, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Measurement Trials of Radiowave Propagation Through Pinus Pinaster Fuel Bed Under Fire, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Madrid, Spain, March, 2022,
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  • M. Vala, S. Faria, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Complex Permittivity Study of a Pinus Pinaster Needle Bed on Fire, ANACOM URSI 15.º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI ''Sustentabilidade ambiental no uso do espectro radioelétrico, Leiria, Portugal, November, 2021,
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  • S. Faria, M. Vala, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Electromagnetic study of complex permittivity on a medium-scale flat terrain fire scenario, Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio, Vigo, Spain, September, 2021,
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  • S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, J. M. Felício, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Analytical Studies of Refractive Index Variation in Pine Needles Media under Wildfire Conditions, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Düsseldorf, Germany, March, 2021,
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  • G. Ramos, N. Leonor, S. Faria, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, P. Castellanos, C. Ron, L. Mello, Parabolic Equation Technique Applied to an Urban Scenario in Rio de Janeiro, Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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  • S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Radiowave Propagation Modelling of Dual Wildfire Front Spreading over Hilly Terrain at 700 MHz, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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  • P. Coimbra, S. Faria, M. Vala, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, N. Leonor, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, C. Salema, Experimental Setup for Radio Characterization of Fire at Microwave Frequencies, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, February, 2021,
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  • S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, J. M. Felício, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Comparative Study of Computational Electromagnetics Applied to Radiowave Propagation in Wildfires, URSI International Union of Radio Science General Assembly & Scientific Symposium URSI GASS, Rome, Italy, September, 2020,
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  • S. Faria, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, J. M. Felício, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Radiowave Propagation Modelling in the Presence of Wildfires: Initial Results, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Copenhagen, Denmark, March, 2020,
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  • S. Faria, Integral operators formulation for transient radiation from parabolic antennas using modified raised cosine feeder, International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium (ACES), Firenze, Italy, March, 2017,
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  • S. Faria, The EMC Impact due Household Appliances in Smart Grid Networks, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Guangzhou, China, August, 2014,
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Closed Projects1

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
RESCuE-TOOL Radio coverage for emergency communication systems to operate under critical wildfire environments TOOL FCT 31-12-2018 27-02-2023
2Awards
  • M. Vala, S. Faria, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Complex Permittivity Study of a Pinus Pinaster Needle Bed on Fire, Best Student Paper Award - 1st Place at ANACOM: 15.º Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, 01-11-2021
  • S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J. M. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, R. F. S. Caldeirinha, Radiowave Propagation Modelling of Dual Wildfire Front Spreading Over Hilly Terrain at 700 MHz, ConfTELE 2021 Top 10% Best Paper Award. Seven papers (10%) were nominated for consideration for this award by the Reviewers and the Technical Program Committee., 01-02-2021

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